The Code of Conduct for Registrars and Bailiff to Come Soon

Jakarta | Badilag.net

In the near future, the registrars and bailiffs—included the substitute registrars and substitute bailiffs—will have a professional code of ethics. The draft of the code is being developed by a working group and formulation team.

“The code will regulate what may and may not be done by the registrars and bailiffs.” Aria Sujudi, the member of the Supreme Court Reform team, said recently in Jakarta.

As has been known, so far the profession of registrars and bailiffs does not have any special code of ethics. Whereas as the counterpart of the judges, the professions have very important position.

What we find today is the code of ethics issued by Association of Indonesian Court’s Registrar/Secretary (IPASPI). Even the code mentions the profession of registrars, the eight articles-code is more focused on the regulation of the association’s members, rather than regulates in detail what may and may not be done by the registrars and bailiffs.

The formulation of registrars and bailiffs’ code of ethics was begun last year. As has been reported by the Judicial Reform’s website, the issue has been discussed on September last year. The discussion involved the speaker from Federal Court of Australia (FCA).

“The establishment of the ethical code is one of our efforts to increase the capacity of our registrars and bailiffs, beside to preserve the dignity of judicial power,” The Hon. Suhadi once said, when he was a registrar of the Supreme Court.

In that occasion, Warwick Soden, the registrar and Chief Executive Officer of FCA shared his experience about the ethical code of FCA’s registrar.

Warwick explained that the ethical code of FCA’s registrar consisted of four basic values, namely impartiality, independence, ways to behave, and integrity.

In Australia, the ethical code of registrar set the ways to behave inside and outside the court strictly.

“The registrar of FCA is provided by the guidelines and procedures in handling the cases to the procedures of communication with the colleagues and superior.” He said.

Outside the court, the code of ethics regulates about the commercial activities, the gifts acceptance, involvement in the community organizations as well as recreational activities.

“In fact, in retirement period, the registrar of FCA is still bound by the code relating to the political activities, participation in public and social activities.” Marwick confirmed.

The members and the management of IPASPI, who attended the discussion, agreed to formulate the code of ethics which will be applied by the registrars and bailiffs of the Supreme Court and the below judicial bodies. The initial step is to establish the working group and formulation team.

[Mohammad Noor]